Title-Choices

Rating-T

Author-Winnie

Disclaimer-Don't own The Glades or characters. If I did it wouldn't be cancelled.

Comments-My thoughts on how the next season could have started.

Jim reached for the phone, wondering why he didn't feel anything. The phone continued to ring, even as his heart pumped blood from his body. It wasn't supposed to be this way. He should never have stopped at the house that represented his future with Callie, a gift from the heart to show her that he loved her more than life itself.

His eyes closed, but his mind was far from focused as he thought about the woman waiting for him. How could he let it end like this? He turned his head and stretched out his arm, his fingers grasping for the lifeline that meant life or death. The blood was leaving his body at an alarming rate and the cold was seeping into his bones.

Was that even possible? How could he be cold when it had to be 80 degrees outside?

"Callie," he whispered.

"She's not here, Longworth, but I am!"

"How…why…"